Oct. 12, 2021, Norma Pfeifer Park, Coburg OR
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Chilly Fingers Don’t stop sketchers!
Sandy, Nancy, Marsha, Jim; Eva, Sandy, Jim, Pat, Nancy, Marsha Sandy is a birder, and really enjoys sketching her finds, too. Hugh’s decked out for the cold, sketching a sketchers in the corner of the shelter. Nancy, Daisy, Sandy. Nancy had fun with trees – such a nice park. Daisy too most of the photos today, showed off her new quilt, and sketched, too! Gail, Lynda, Eva. Here’s Lynda doing a pencil sketch. Gail showed her finished sketch of Lynda from last week, then. this week’s sketch. Eva keeps working with pastels and water brush, pushing to get darks. Jim was far far away in Tibet! Marsha took some photos, sketched some sketchers,started in on her pumpkin quest. Pat counteracted the cold with glove-mitts, and a sketch with warm autumn colors! -
at norma pfeifer Park
Oct. 5, 2021, Coburg, OR
Lynda, Nancy, Sandy, Hugh, Gail; Sandy, Hugh, Daisy, Eva, Gail, Jane Daisy said it took 3 tries to get this house right! Good job – this on is very tricky! Eva’s branching out in more ways than one! Gail sketched a sketcher – Lynda! Hugh didn’t just do the house, he took on the whole corner!! Jane faced the calligrapher’s nightmare – a misspelled name! Otherwise… Laura found a bench on the lawn with a different view, and even got the ducks overhead. Norma found a better spot to draw the complicated play structure. Nancy, the daughter of one of our founders Barbara Epplett, is here from Amsterdam! Peggy is playing with wet on wet watercolors to get depth & color – Nice! Sandy couldn’t resist the models in front of her – the sketchers! End of session review: Eva, Sandy, Lynda, Jane, lNancy, Hugh, Laura, Gail, Daisy – Peggy behind the camera, thanks! -
Sketching in the Rain
Sept. 28, 2021, Thistledown Farm
Lynda, Tricia, Eva, Laura, Marsha, Daisy, Pat, Peggy (Jane behind camera) hanging out in the mostly empty greenhouses for shelter from the rain. Daisy said the horse didn’t hang out after she did have a treat, but the sketchers did! Eva finished her Oregon Trail wagon, on the the challenge of a white pumpkin! Jane saw a whole different view this time – the covered bridge & fields beyond. Laura braved the drippy walk overhang to put this sketch of the barn together – nice! Lynda discovered an additional perspective challenge in the boxes with the corner braces! Marsha is determined to see what the watercolor crayons can do – what a wet day. Pat was in the last greenhouse sketching the covered bridge, too. Nice scene details. Peggy was using the fudosenke brush pen with a delicate application of detail. Tricia had fun putting together a still life, including a bird house. It was hard to stop sketching to join the review before we left. Great day for sketching! -
More things to sketch at the farm
Sept. 21, 2021, Thistledown Farms, Junction City, OR
Here are the early birds: Marsha, Pat, Jim, Peggy, Eva (& Jane behind camera). Marsha is using a new tool – Caron de Ache water soluble crayons – finding her way. Pat couldn’t resist sketching the produce – so perfect for autumn. Jim has the perfect two image page – he captured the angles as well as the color! Peggy said, that flower was one of my mom’s favorites – she got these in great detail. Eva got the Iines of that Oregon Trail wagon just right – newt go darker…hmmm…. For someone who claimed she just couldn’t find anything interesting to sketch…nice job! Laura was so intent on sketching things that make this place unique – nice 2 page spread. Sharon gets all her tools in order for her field sketch – lovely scene! Tricia has fallen in love with this place – let’s keep coming back! OK. Surprise! Danita’s here! Been sketching in a storage room, & how do you like them apples. It wouldn’t be a true TD outing without doing the sketch review. -
Farm to sketchbook
Sept. 14, 2021 – Thistledown Farms
BarbSo, Tricia, Pat, Peggy, Eva, Marsha; Katie, Laura, BarbSo, Tricia, Pat, Peggy, Eva, Marsha, Daisy, Jim, Sandy, Hugh. (Sharon in the field, Jane behind camera.) Pat, Sharon, Peggy; Marsha, Katie, Laura; Jim, Hugh, Sandy. BarbSo got a sketch of the iconic Thistledown barn & windmill, then vignettes. Daisy’s got the standing up sketch down – nice choice of interesting flowers! Eva is tying different strategies with her pastels & watercolor pencils – nice old wagon! Where was Gail? See the windmill upper left? She was sketching in the barn! Hugh does a careful grid of the colors of his tools, & it pays off – nice sketch! Here’s Jane taking photos – she did a black & white sketch of what she saw here. Jim had a different angle of the farm produce building to sketch – with gazebo! Katie got a new landscape oriented sketchbook, so did a new frame format for it – nice! Laura took a different approach to her page -” it’s like a collage, someone said!” Yes! Marsha used Caran de’Ache crayons & water brush for her sketch of the barn & windmill. Pat showed how she tied her last sketch together (wow!), then did a wide landscape view. Peggy’s really getting into watercolor exploration – fun with these fig leaves! Sandy borrowed husband Hugh’s colored pencils for this sketch – how handy! Remember Sharon was in the field? Here’s why – she got up close to the scarecrow! Tricia is so skilled with that Goliath watercolor brush – a quick rendition on the spot! Gathering for the sketch review – we enjoy seeing our different foci and styles.
